NAMED TO KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOKS OF 2014 Lucy Lick-Me-Not and the Day Eaters is the first in a series of fantastic tales about Lucy, a brave little girl with poisonous skin who overcomes strange situations with bizarre beasts, marvelous monsters and curious creatures. Lucy wakes up on her birthday expecting gifts and chocolate cake, but instead she finds the day has completely vanished. When she comes face-to-face with the Day Eaters, the monsters responsible for her birthday's disappearance, she must think fast and come up with a cunning plan to stop these greedy beasts and get her birthday back before she disappears, too.